Hot soup grease skimmer



Oct. 23, 1951 SCHMElLER I 2,572,524

HOT SOUP GREASE SKIMMER Filed Dec. 1, 1948 9 3 INVENTORL' flrthur J'ehmej/Zer Patented Oct. 23, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOT SOUP GREASE SKIMMER Arthur Schmeiler, Byram, Conn.

Application December 1, 1948, Serial No. 62,865

1 Claim. 1

This invention relates to a culinary utensil, and mor particularly to a skimmer.

The object of the invention is to provide a skimmer for quickly and efliciently skimming off grease from the top level of a body of soup.

A further object of theinvention is to provide a culinary utensil for skimming off the grease film from a body of soup and subsequently separating and collecting the grease from the soup water.

A further object of the invention is to provide a skimmer which is extremely simple and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the skimmer according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 22 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the skimmer with the handle broken off for convenience of illustration;

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44 of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 55 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the blank from which the ladle is made.

The ladle is used for skimming grease from soup with the bridge plate crowding the grease into the mouth or slot between the bridge plate and leading edge of the downwardly bowed plate forming the body of the ladle and after the grease is in the ladle the leading edge is tilted upwardly with the grease and soup that may have been accidently skimmed up therewith passing into a downwardly bowed section spaced inwardly from the trailing edge of the ladle whereby the soup is drained off through perforations into said downwardly bowed section.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral I designates a handle which is secured to an end of a stem 2. The stem is provided with an attaching flange 2a which is arranged at right angles with respect to the longitudinal axis of the ladle, and secured, as by rivets ID, to the lower or exterior surface of a generally concave bottom 3 of the ladle, in order that the ladle may be swung and tilted in a vertical plane for collecting or skimming grease from soup.

At its rear end, the ladle is provided with an upstanding curved portion which is perforated or apertured, as at 5, to form a filter for the grease, as subsequently described. The bottom 3 of the ladle 5 is also provided with a pair of spaced, parallel side walls or flanges 6, 6, which provide ample depth for the ladle. The ladle is also provided at its front with an inlet slot or mouth 9 for the ingress therethrough of the grease. The

inlet mouth 9 is formed by a bridge plate or lip I which extends across the front of the ladle and is supported on end flanges 8, 8.

In Figure 6, the blank for forming the bottom of the ladle is shown. Thus, the blank includes wings 6, 6 which are adapted to be bent along the dotted line H to form the side walls or the wings 6, 6 of the ladle. Also, the lip l is folded along the lines l2 to form the top plate of the open mouth 9. I

In using the ladle, the front end if tilted downwardly and the ladle is moved along a body of soup so that the grease on the top thereof will pass through the open mouth 9 and be collected on the bottom 3. Any soup water content that enters the mouth 9 will be drained off through the perforations 5, and a thrifty housewife will be able to collect and save the grease and use the grease for other domestic purposes.

As many embodiments may be made of this inventive concept, and as many modifications may be made in the embodiment hereinbefore shown and described, it is to be understood that all matter herein is to be interpreted merely as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

In a grease skimming ladle, the combination which comprises a downwardly bowed plate having a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface, said plate having a leading edge and a trailing edge and said trailing edge extended upwardly and having perforations spaced inwardly from the edge and extended therethrough, said perforations providing means for drawing off soup accidentally picked up by the ladle with the ladle tilted rearwardly, an arcuate bridge plate spaced above and curved to correspond with the leading edge of the downwardly bowed plate and extended forwardly from said leading edge forming an arcuate slot providing a mouth for receiving grease and skimming grease from soup, the said bridge plate crowding the grease into the said mouth, the trailing edge of the said bridge plate extended inwardly of the leading edge of the downwardly bowed plate of the ladle, said bridge plate being carried by the downwardly bowed plate and connected thereto at the corners by vertically disposed flanges, triangular shaped wings positioned at the sides of the ladle and extended inwardly from the leading edge thereof, and a handle extended upwardly from one side of the ladle.

ARTHUR SCHMEILER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 195,067 Williams Sept. 11, 1877 2,187,245 Nerney Jan. 16, 1940 2,258,058 Johnson Oct. 7, 1941 

